Title: Lost City: The Discovery of Machu PicchuAuthor: Ted LewinGenre: Narrative Nonfiction.
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Unit 5 Week 2
Genre – Narrative Genre – Narrative NonfictionNonfictionNarrative Nonfiction can tell the story of a real event. The details of the event are presented in sequence so that readers can understand the cause-and-effect relationships.
Vocabulary Strategy-Vocabulary Strategy-Greek and Latin RootsGreek and Latin Roots
Many English words have Latin or Greek roots. For example, the Latin word terra means “earth, land.” Part of it appears in words such as terrain (surface of the ground) and territory (an area of land).
Comprehension Skill –Comprehension Skill –Compare and ContrastCompare and Contrast
To compare and contrast means to tell how two or more things are alike and different.
Authors may use clue words such as like, as, and same to show similarities. They may use clue words such as but, unlike, and different to show differences.
Comprehension Skill –Comprehension Skill –VisualizeVisualize
Active readers transform the words on the page into mental images. Visualizing likenesses and differences between two people or things that are being compared is especially helpful. As you read, picture in your mind new information that is coming to you from the text.
VocabularyVocabulary
CuriosityGloriousGraniteRuins
TerracedThicketsTorrent
CuriosityCuriosity
A desire to know or learn
GloriousGlorious
Magnificent; splendid
GraniteGraniteA very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground
RuinsRuinsWhat is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces; remains
TerracedTerracedFormed into a flat, level land with steep sides; leveled
ThicketsThicketsBushes or small trees growing close together; shrubs
TorrentTorrentA violent, rushing stream of water
How were Cusco and the How were Cusco and the first capital of the Inca first capital of the Inca alike?alike?
They were flooded by a nearby river each year
They were built by people that lived long ago
They were destroyed to make room for crops
What is the What is the most likely most likely reason the author told the reason the author told the boy’s thoughts?boy’s thoughts?
To make the selection more mysterious and interesting
To show what the child’s life was like from day to day
To explain how the local people felt about the ruins
What can you conclude about What can you conclude about the Inca based on information the Inca based on information in the selection?in the selection?
They used modern machines.They originally came from Spain.
They once ruled in South America.
What probably happened What probably happened before the Quechua boy had a before the Quechua boy had a dream about a tall stranger?dream about a tall stranger?
Bingham arrived in Cusco to look for the lost city.
Bingham traveled by mule train to the Urubamba River.
Bingham talked to a local farmer named Arteaga.
Which generalization can be Which generalization can be made from information in made from information in this story?this story?The Andes are home to a variety
of cultures.The Incan cities were built to last
a long time.The Quechua people are
interested in their past.
From information in this From information in this story, you can tell that the story, you can tell that the journey to Machu Picchu was journey to Machu Picchu was ----
DangerousBoringImpossible
Which of the following is the Which of the following is the main idea of the story?main idea of the story?
Arteaga, a local farmer, told Bingham about the ruins on Machu Picchu.
The Quechua boy led Bingham to Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Inca.
Bingham, who was determined to find Incan ruins, found Machu Picchu.
On Bingham’s way to Machu On Bingham’s way to Machu Picchu, what did he see after Picchu, what did he see after he found the sun temple?he found the sun temple?
A grand stone staircaseA flimsy log bridgeA old cobbled street
Which of these events Which of these events happened first in our happened first in our story?story?
A Quechua boy led Bingham up the mountain
A farmer told Bingham he knew about some ruins
Bingham found the lost city of Machu Picchu
Why might so few people Why might so few people have known about the have known about the ruins?ruins?They were very hard to get to
Why did the boy call the Why did the boy call the camera a “black box”?camera a “black box”?
He did not know what it was
How was the author’s How was the author’s search for the ruins search for the ruins different than Bingham’s?different than Bingham’s?
Bingham had no idea where the ruins were, but the author knew how to get to Machu Picchu because of Bingham’s journey.